Re: [gtk-list] Re: Dumping core on SIGSEGV

[Blake <laertes stab gemma com>]

> 
> On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 11:58:44AM -0700, Brandon Long wrote:
> > You can recompile gdk/gtk and edit gdk/gdk.c, the line:
> > /* If you don't want to use gdk's signal handlers define this */
> > /* #define I_NEED_TO_ACTUALLY_DEBUG_MY_PROGRAMS 1 */
> > 
> > Perhaps it would be good to make this set in some other way than a
> > compile time option?  Either enable it with --debug or something.
> > 
> > I generally just run my application under gdb when I'm getting a
> > segfault, since gdb will grab the app when it happens and you can do a
> > backtrace, etc.
> 
> This signal handling mechanism doesn't seem appropriate to me.  I
> mean, what business does Gtk have with defining these kinds of
> handlers?  Shouldn't it be the job of the application to define these
> things?  Would it be possible to have this functionality set at
> run-time instead of compile-time?
> 
> Dave
> 

Maybe a few miscelaneous Gtk functions can be called before gtk_init() to
determin it's behavior. After all, some applications might want/need default
ones like provided. 
  --Blake